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Jury: Anaheim police officer did not use excessive force in fatal shooting

Ed Joyce and KPCC Wire Services

Genevieve Huizar, the mother of Manuel Diaz, at a news conference at the Orange County Superior Court in 2012. An Anaheim police officer was cleared by the Orange County DA in the fatal shooting of Diaz in 2013. In a civil lawsuit, a jury Thursday found the officer did not use excessive force in the shooting of Diaz, who was unarmed.